- City:
- Porterville, CA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The WPA built the road from Porterville east to Camp Nelson.
Source notes
Fresno Bee, 6/28/40 lists $1.7 m in projects for Valley in Scrapbooks of clippings related to WPA projects in Fresno, Kern, King, Madera, and Tulare Counties, gift of Mrs. David T. Holmes, Vacaville, 1962. (Scrapbook can be found in the California State Library in Sacramento).Contribute to this Site
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Barbara Gossett
Alex Tarr
Camp Nelson is east of Porterville, not west.
Barbara, thank you for the correction.